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Old 10th Mar 2005, 21:45
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TheOddOne
 
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Just out of interest... I cannot remember any "real" 747 (pax) evac involving U/D slides. Am I wrong or this guy can now claim something from Boeing as the first man who prove it works?
There have been a few. We had a video at work of a really nasty-looking attempted evac from the UD where the slides got caught by a very strong wind and were wrapping all around the fuselage. Either LAX or SFO, I think. Sorry I don't have a link to it. We had a 747 evac at LGW about 15 years ago, again no piccies, I'm afraid. Usual broken ankles, friction burns etc. I've only seen one evac where no-one got hurt getting out, an F27, they were able to just step out as normal. We even had one guy crack his skull getting out of an ATR42 - smacked his head on a no 1 engine prop blade!

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